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To: Brumar89 who wrote (2580)	7/20/2007 6:36:24 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4152

Murder is no longer punished, now it is accepted as something that goes with the territory.... <"I believe we did what we needed to do to save Marines' lives," Thomas said outside court, while declining to discuss the details of what happened that night. "I think anybody who understands what war is or what combat is understands."> ...... <Tom Umberg, a former military prosecutor, called Thomas' punishment "pretty outrageous" and suggested the jurors might have been swayed by their own combat experiences. "I have never heard of a court-martial that convicted someone of conspiracy to murder and kidnapping and not adjudicate some kind of (prison) sentence," Umberg said. "Obviously there was some sympathy, maybe even empathy, because all of the panel members had served in Iraq."> news.yahoo.com